Why is improving student vocabulary so important?
词汇开发对于阅读理解,writing quality,聆听词汇和说词汇。因此，获取新单词对于学生在生活的各个领域的成功至关重要。研究表明，学习困难的学生可能在阅读理解方面很难挣扎，因为他们没有理解文本所需的口头词汇。
Because teaching and learning vocabulary is so important we have created some new, vibrant,hands-on学习工具。准备好让您的头旋转！这个棒极了！
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Wheely Wonderful Words
TheWheely奇妙的话 - 情感状态词汇,Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Adjectives,和Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Verbsare the latest addition to our huge词汇集。
他们是curriculum-aligned为了upper years和are perfect to use when exploring the effect of using vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning.
TheWheely Wonderful Words – Emotional StatesVocabulary是用来描述的同义词的单词轮emotional states。
Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Adjectivesis a word wheel of synonyms and similar words that could be used instead of some通常过度使用的形容词。
And finally,Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Verbscan be used to help your studentschoose the best possible verbsin their writing.
How to Use Wheely Wonderful Words
It’s easy to use the wheely wonderful resources! As you can see, each resource as a wheel with 3 rings.
向您的学生解释：
- centre should not be used very often. They are a guide for finding better words to use instead.
- 第二个戒指是中间单词的同义词。它们可以更频繁地使用。
- 外环特别描述性，当您想更精确地描述时，可以在非常特定的情况下使用。
学生可以在back of their writing books和refer to it during writing tasks. It can also be used for anEnglish groupactivity.
Vocabulary English Group Activity
For a super coolEnglish groupactivity, create one of theWheely Wonderful Wordsspinners.
如何制作奇妙的单词旋转器：
- Attach a split pin at the centre point of the wheel.
- 使用彩色胶带切割箭头。将胶带箭头固定到桌子上。
- Spin the wheel gently and generate a synonym.
建议的教学顺序：
- Discussion– providecontext对于这个词。鼓励学生描述一个单词的时间
- Model writing– model how to write a simple or compound sentence including the word.
- Guided writing- 使用学生的想法和建议，使用该词构建简单或复合句子。
- 独立写作– encourage students to write a simple or compound sentence independently.
Wheely Wonderful Words – Differentiation Tips
As we know, it’s important to differentiate teaching and learning expectations to meet the needs of all students. So, to help you to differentiate for less confident learners, we have included awedge cut out。
此额外功能使学生能够focus on one area at a time。
The wedge comes as an included feature with all the Wheely Wonderful Wheels! Simply print and cut out the wedge and secure it with a split pin.
改善学生词汇的提示
改善学生词汇的三个关键步骤是：
- explicit vocabulary instruction
- 重复曝光新词
- sufficient opportunity to use the word in activities.
另外，尝试使学习新单词的一部分是您日常课堂例程的一部分。为什么不尝试Word of the Week?
For more information on how to use Word of the Week read my blog一周的话|在课堂上扩大词汇。
总而言之，改善学生词汇对学生至关重要across all year levels and learning areas。Finding creative ways to learn new words is the key to making it fun. So downloadWheely Wonderful Words – Emotional StatesVocabulary,Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Adjectives,和Wheely Wonderful Words – Overused Verbsnow!
